LBZ: Deer vs. Duramax :mad:

bigmackmiller

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Driving in the middle of town in front of walmart an urban deer decides to sacrifice it self for the good of the heard right in front of my truck :( not expecting or seeing it as it sprinted out I hit it going about 40mph. $3500 worth of damage, holes in the intercooler, transcooler, and a/c condenser and the obvious grille, and grille surround were shattered. Luckily my newly installed denali headlights were spared somehow but the rest was not. Insurance will cover all the damages luckily. I am upset but nothing I could do to avoid the deer. Going to take this as an opportunity to improve on some of the stock parts and what not. Looking at going with a Mike L. Transcooler, After market intercooler (suggestions are welcome), Denali Clip and/or grille. Painted to match mirrors, and door handles, bed rail caps, HID head and fog lights. If anyone has any other ideas for me I'd be happy to hear them
 

bigmackmiller

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AdaMax

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at least the bumper was saved . I hit a deer ( taking my deer to the processor) they wanted $1200 for the bumper thru the body shop . I bought an after market road rhino bumper for the same price with a bull bar and a reciever on it .
 

countrycorey

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I feel your pain, I just got mine back from the body shop after I hit a doe two weeks ago.
 

TheBac

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I dunno...the bumper looks kind of tweaked on the pass side. Might want to add that to the list.

Sorry to hear. Just glad you are ok.
 

bigmackmiller

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I dunno...the bumper looks kind of tweaked on the pass side. Might want to add that to the list.

Sorry to hear. Just glad you are ok.

Thanks Tom yeah I forgot to put that in when I typed it out but you are right the bumper is tweaked and the pass. fender got moved a little bit also
 

wikdlmm

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i hit one last week in my lmm doing 40 and all it did was push one side of the bumper about a half inch. you cant even tell by looking...unless i told you it was there... sorry for the bad luck...